Creation Of The ITHACA Toolkit To Monitor General Health And Human Rights In Mental Health And Social Care Facilities

Abstract

People in social care and mental health facilities frequently experience human rights abuses. International human rights law must be followed by governments and private institutions that offer these health and social services. It is becoming more widely acknowledged that monitoring such compliance is essential to guaranteeing that rights are upheld and that violations are exposed, addressed, and avoided.
Aims: In order to prevent human rights violations and enhance general health care practices in psychiatric and social care institutions, the Institutional Treatment, Human Rights and Care Assessment (ITHACA) project developed a way to record violations and best practices.
In Conclusions: The ITHACA Toolkit, which specifically calls for service users' involvement in the monitoring of human rights violations and general health care practices, is a valid and workable approach for the systematic monitoring of human rights and general health care in psychiatric and social care facilities.